Crediton

17°CFog

• Today: 19° / 16° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:35

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

64 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Shoplifting8
• Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Crediton Town · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

121 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (48 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Crediton (0.2 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£284,283 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£876 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £640
• 2 bed £808
• 3 bed £993

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (0.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Crediton (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Devon

832 CQC-registered services

• Care homes310
• GP practices118
• Dentists158
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 197 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

152 applications decided

94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 3
• LD 34
• Grn 3
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

234 jobs advertised · £36,086 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership637 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Crediton railway station · 0.2 km

  Crediton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Crediton in Devon, England. It is 7 miles 76 chains (12.8 km) from Exeter Central at milepost 179.25 from London Waterloo.

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  Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton · 0.7 km

  Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, formally the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him Who Hung Thereon, is the parish church of the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The church is built on the s…

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  Crediton · 1.0 km

  Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, 7 miles (11 km) north west of Exeter an…

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  Old Town Hall, Crediton · 1.1 km

  The Old Town Hall is a historic building in the High Street in Crediton, a town in Devon in England. The structure, which was previously used as public events venue and currently accommodates the Crediton Museum, is a…

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  Crediton United A.F.C. · 1.1 km

  Crediton United Association Football Club is a football club based in Crediton, Devon, England. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East and play at Lords Meadow.

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  Downes, Crediton · 1.4 km

  Downes House is a country house situated about one mile east of Crediton in Devon, England. The house is an 18th-century Palladian re-modelling of an earlier house. It was classed Grade II* listed on 20 May 1985. Near…

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